First: These motorbikes are everywhere. Some are Vespas but most are like small motorcycles. Worse yet, these folks don't walk at all! Need to go 50 meters? Jump on your motorbike. I'm not kidding. No rules either, since I don't think they consider them motor vehicles. They drive them like we ride bicycles. There are 11 million people in Saigon, and 8 million motorbikes. Not kidding. They don't have noise or pollution constraints on them, so you always smell them. It's like having your face behind the exhaust pipe. It's terrible. And what's with the masks?
Second: This dude is picking his nose! They do that publicly all the time, even when talking to you. It's not like they drag out a chunk of nostril moss or nose cherry, but jeez, knock it off! I wouldn't shake their hand without a sink nearby to wash my hands.
Third: Check out that 'family vehicle.' Hubby driving his wife and kid somewhere. Poor girl is just laying there waiting to be road rash. They talk in their cell phones while riding too. I guess they don't have child seat laws here. Maybe they do but like I said these 'bikes' don't have to comply with the same laws. Even so, with the millions of vehicles I saw driving around in such a chaotic manner, I didn't see one accident or ambulance. I did see one scooter bump into the back of another, but nobody stopped. Nuts.
Oh my gosh Adam .. Amazing
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